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Behind The Artifact – Hayley Wickenheiser

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The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame’s Behind the Artifact for September highlights Hayley Wickenheiser’s Canadian national women’s hockey team jersey from the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games. Wickenheiser joined SSHF curator Robyn Jensen to discuss the jersey and her memories of wearing it.

The 1998 Nagano Olympics were Wickenheiser’s first of five Olympic appearances and the first time women competed in ice hockey at the Olympic level. Wickenheiser would win four gold medals and a silver medal in hockey at the Olympics and also represented Canada in softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She retired after 23 years on the national team as Canada’s all-time leader in every notable statistical category.

The Behind the Artifact feature is part of a monthly series where the Hall of Fame goes behind the stories of Saskatchewan sport history. Last month, Dorenda Bailey was featured in a Behind the Inductee. In July, we went Behind the Inductee with Ross Wilson who is a member of the 2026 Induction Class as a basketball builder. In June, Robyn went Behind the Artifact with 2019 inductee Wendel Clark.

Behind the Inductee – Ross Wilson

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Each month the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame is going behind the stories of Saskatchewan sport history.

In July, we went Behind the Inductee with Ross Wilson who is a member of the 2026 Induction Class as a basketball builder. Wilson hails from Saskatoon and was the president of Basketball Canada from 1982-88 and the president of Basketball Saskatchewan Inc. from 1975-81. He was also the Athletic Director at the University of Saskatchewan for 15 years.

Our curator Robyn Jensen sat down to talk to Wilson about his life and career in sport.

This is the latest installment in a new series where our curator takes a deeper dive “behind” the stories of the Hall of Fame’s inductees, artifacts and sports. The first episode of the series when Behind the Artifact with 2019 inductee Wendel Clark. Check back to our website next month for a special Behind the Sport post.